CVE-2022-4899
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZstandard
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A vulnerability was found in zstd v1.4.10, where an attacker can supply empty string as an argument to the command line tool to cause buffer overrun.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/facebook/zstd/issues/3200
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C63HAGVLQA6FJNDCHR7CNZZL6VSLILB2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEHRBBYYTPA4DETOM5XAKGCP37NUTLOA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QYLDK6ODVC4LJSDULLX6Q2YHTFOWABCN/
References (5)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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